Frost Definition
A surname.
Origin of Frost
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From Middle English frost, from Old English frost (“frost”), from Proto-Germanic *frustaz (“frost”), from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze; frost”). Cognate with West Frisian froast (“frost”), Dutch vorst (“frost”), German Frost (“frost”), Swedish frost (“frost”), Icelandic frost (“frost”), Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost, frost, rime, snow”). Related to freeze.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English preus- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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